Standard Oil/Water Operating temperature when it's hot out?

[Dischordant]

Hi guys, driving in the sun today with a bit of traffic - my oil got up to 110degrees today according to my In car display, with a coolant temperature occasionally spiking to 120degrees. Should I be worried? What temperatures do yours run at in the Summer?

Cheers!

Darren

[m4tti]

You really need to plug a laptop in to determine whether both sets of coolant sensors correspond (ecu and dash).

If they do and that is a genuine reading id avoid driving it as it's too high.

Edited by m4tti on Friday 7th July 15:23

[Dischordant]

Thanks - just tried connecting up to my phone with RS-AJP and it showed my water temp 10-15 degrees lower..while sitting in my driveway the first fan kicked in when it got to about 91 (on my phone - 104 on dash display) and I couldn't manage to get it hot enough to test fan 2 kicked in.

Weird =/

[m4tti]

15 degree variance takes you to 105 which is still pretty high.

You should be able to get it to 94ish and get the second fan to come on. I'd Pull the connector aparts and use something like a cut down nail file to really clean the terminals.

You want to confirm both fans are running so it'll cope with being sat in traffic.

[Dischordant]

Further testing - was pretty hard to get temperature high enough on phone for 2nd fan to kick in but it did at 94 and combined they cooled it pretty quick. As I blipped the throttle the dash display was showing as high as 120 then would drop to 110 ish. I will try checking the sensor/connector as you suggest. I did have a new water sensor put in when it was serviced due to this but it doesn't seem to have resolved the issue.

Do you have any photos of where I will find the dashboard water sensor? - I've had the bonnet converted so I should be able to get to it if I know what I'm looking for.

Many thanks!

[NCE 61]

The dashboard sensor is below No2 throttle body:-

[Dischordant]

Sorry - which way does the cyclinder numbering go..1 at the front of the car 6 nearest the dash?

[m4tti]

Cylinders go one to six, with six under the scuttle and one at the timing cover end.